Today's News

The Capital City Crush travel softball team will be holding tryouts on two different occasions next week.

Tryouts will be conducted on Wednesday, Aug. 2 from 6-8 p.m. and on Saturday, Aug. 5 from 10 a.m. until noon. Both sessions will be held at Sally Gaines Field at Franklin County High School in Frankfort.

The team will be competing in the 12-and-under division and is looking for players born in 2005 and 2006, according to a news release.

Chiggers are the parasitic immature stage of a mite that feeds on other arthropods as an adult. Chigger bites are lingering souvenirs of time spent in brushy areas or tall grass.

Chiggers are too small to see (1/150 of an inch long) and you will not feel them until several hours after they have fed and dropped off. This information is intended to reduce your problems with them.

Imagine the day when instead of describing a sick or injured person’s emergency over the phone, a 911 caller can simply stream live video to first responders, or shoot them a text message, asking for help.

That day isn’t here, yet, but got a little closer recently when Lawrenceburg’s 911 call center received a $41,677 grant from the state’s office of Homeland Security.

Todd Sparrow, the center’s director and chairman of the joint city-county 911 board, said the grant will be used to replace older radio consoles with digital ones.

Local well-known author Ann Gabhart, an Anderson County native and graduate of Anderson County High School, has received recognition for her latest novel published last March which has the possibility of winning the American Christian Fiction Writers Carol Award next month. Her novel, “Murder Comes by Mail” as part of her Hidden Springs mystery series, is one-in-three finalists competing for the award.

A man in a car containing four occupants was injured Saturday night at the Tyrone bridge when struck by a bullet, shot by the toll collector, William Cox.

Cox, of Lawrenceburg, and others were slightly cut when the driver stopped the car so suddenly that they were thrown through the windshield. The four men passed the toll house and started across the bridge without paying the toll.

Lawrenceburg United Pentecostal Church will hold its vacation Bible school July 24-28, the church announced.The school will be from 6 to 8 p.m. each day.Snacks will be provided and there will be crafts for those who attend.The name is the camp is “Camp Courage.

I’m sure most of you knew it was National Ice Cream Day, but did you know it was National blueberry month also?

This superfood is low in calories and incredibly healthy. Eating blueberries may benefit heart and brain health, as well as help regulate blood sugar levels.

Blueberries are an excellent source of several vitamins, beneficial plant compounds and antioxidants. Several studies indicate that blueberries may lower blood sugar levels and improve insulin sensitivity.